He stared at Esmelda with a face like glass, nothing hidden. What I saw there wasn’t steel or fire or stone. Feelings stirred in me and I had to look away. I knew what I saw because I’d felt them, too – understanding, sadness, compassion...forgiveness.

Deborah Wheeler
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